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Listen
up, Ags...
It’s almost hoops time. And it is time to start drawing
your tickets to the first games of the
1999-2000 season.
The good news is that when you get your ticket before
the game, you
know you have an excellent seat to watch
the Aggies.
Just take your sports card and your
friends’ cards to
Reed Arena, the MSC Box Office in
Rudder Tower or
the Athletic Ticket Office in G. Rollie White to pull
your tickets for games. Reed Arena even has 30 minute
parking right in front of the building for people buying
tickets to basketball games and other events. It’s quick
and easy.
At present, you can walk up to the North Entrance to
Reed Arena the night of the game, have your card
swiped and receive a pretty good ticket. But if you are a
little late getting to the game, there
might be a short
line. If you don’t like to stand in lines, just get your
ticket ahead o
time and walk right in. You don’t even
have to wait for your friends—they will already have
their tickets ri
ght next to yours.
It’s like getting football tickets except you can get
tickets for everyone whose card you
have. It works.
Save this schedule for ticket distribution. See you at the
games.
Game Date
Opponent
Pickup Date
W omen’s
Fri., Nov. 12
Exhibition
Now!
Wed., Nov. 18
Miss. All Stars
Now!
Tue., Nov. 23
Sam Flouston
Now!
Sat.., Nov. 27
UT-Pan American
Now!
Fri.., Dec. 3
UT-San Antonio
Mon., Nov. 15
Wed., Dec. 8
T ulane
Mon., Nov. 15
Sat., Dec. 11
Jackson State
Mon., Nov. 15
Sun., Dec. 19
TAMU-Corpus Christi
Mon., Nov. 15
Sat., Jan. 8
Oklahoma State
Mon., Nov. 29
Sat., Jan. 15
Kansas State
Mon., Nov. 29
Wed., Jan. 26
Oklahoma
Mon., Nov. 29
Sat., Jan. 29
Texas Tech
Mon., Nov. 29
Wed., Feb. 9
Baylor
Tues. Jan. 18
Wed., Feb. 16
Missouri
Tues. Jan. 18
Wed., Feb. 23
Iowa State
Tues. Jan. 18
Sat., Feb. 26
Texas
Tues. Jan. 18
Men’s
Thur., Nov. 11
Exhibition
Now!
Tue., Nov. 16
Exhibition
Now!
Sat., Nov. 27
North Carolina A&T
Now!
Wed., Dec. 1
Stephen F. Austin
Mon., Nov. 15
Sun., Dec. 5
Va. Commonwealth
Mon., Nov. 15
Wed., Jan 5
Centenary
Mon., Nov. 15
Wed., Jan. 12
Texas
Mon., Nov. 29
Mon., Jan. 17
Kansas
Mon., Nov. 29
Sat., Jan. 22
Oklahoma State
Mon., Nov. 29
Wed., Feb. 2
Baylor
Tues., Jan. 18
Sat., Feb. 12
Colorado
Tues., Jan.' 18
Sat., Feb. 19
Texas Tech
Tues., Jan. 18
Wed., Mar. 1
Oklahoma
Mon., Jan. 31
Sat., Mar. 4
Nebraska
Mon. Jan. 31
Page 4 • Tuesday, October 26, 1999
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loween.
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fandango of
goblin giblets
and sugared
tidbits. Hal
loween is the
time of year at
which tomfool
ery is not only
iy
accepted but promoted.
But Halloween is in danger of
becoming the next on the list of
seasonal celebrations that have fall
en victim to corporate America.
Halloween is quickly turning from
a celebration of humanity tendency
to meddle and mock into an ex
ploitation of advertising's ability to
peddle and hock.
Fear not, Halloweenies. Hope is
not lost. Consumers can take back
their day of mischief and mayhem
from the concrete clutches of cor
porate conglomerates by ignoring
the pitch and awe of commerce’s
enticing waves and focusing in
stead on the fundamentals that
make Halloween a fun time of year.
Costumes have been the staple
ingredient of Halloween’s blend of
chunky, cheeky chili for years. Of
course, not everyone dresses up
for Halloween, but if one does
choose to do so, he or she should
avoid falling victim to generic
getups. No one wants to arrive at a
party only to discover they have
clones aplenty.
Avoid this predicament by being
aware that most costumes are de
signed in the vein of horror. The
most common, and therefore
passe, costumes are those based on
the stuff of myth and movie, cos
tumes rooted in tales told to fright
en young children from misbehav
ior, such as Michael Jackson,
Teletubbies and Woody Allen.
Instead; impress party guests by
greeting them at the door in a sim
ple yet original and clever costume.
Strip naked and go to the party as
“Adam” or “Eve,” or, if one must
work through Halloween, strip
naked and diligently serve burritos
as “Phil.” If the weather proves
chilly, one can discard only half
their wardrobe and go as “The
Pantless Horseman” (added bonus:
a well-thought answer to the ex
pected question “So, where’s your
horse?” can be a surefire pickup
line). Indeed, if one feels daring,
controversial and likely to spill
food or drink on themselves, they
may adorn their frame with a blue
dress, black beret and tremendous
cigar that hangs to the left.
Not only are there personal ad
vantages to being original in
one’s costume choice, but there
also is a serious danger in stick
ing to the predictable and generic
“scary” getup.
The average rubber monster
mask is so constricting that party
patrons can find it difficult to eat,
drink or even speak. Because of
the constraints of the molding, all
the mask-wearer’s words sound
like “Fnhere’s the fnong?” And
such statements could only be ex
pected from these poor, pathetic
souls, because the chemicals in
volved in the production of such
masks cannot help but be inhaled
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— a major deterrent, unless one
wants to see Bob Marley riding the
Loch Ness Monster through a sea
of macaroni to the tune of Jefferson
Airplane’s “White Rabbit.”
Aside from costumes as a
source of Halloween fun is the age-
old tradition of trick-or-treating,
THck-or-treating is simple enough
today — walk, knock, beg, gracias,
vamoose and repeat. But this an
cient and mystical ritual has been
corrupted by Western thought.
TVick-or-treating began thousands
of years ago as “balm-or-bite”
among the exclusively dwarf popu
lation of Dwarfania.
Residents of Dwarfania would
travel from half-hut to half-hut, .
seeking ointments and lotions for
embarrassing rashes and attacking
the knees of those who could prof
fer no balm. And although today’s
version of balm-or-biting has been
diverted from its progenitor, one
should still observe the same rules
of etiquette set forth by our dwar-
ven friends:
1) Do not get plastered and
stumble into a neighbor’s front
lawn shrubbery, drunkenly shout
ing “MARIA! ” all night.
2) If the trick-or-treatee opens
the door and says “I’m afraid I
don’t have any candy,” reply with
“Well, I’m afraid I don’t have any
scruples!” and begin committing
any number of wanton pranks.
Some tried-and-true favorites are
lighting a paper bag of dog poo
aflame and throwing it over a tree,
or placing a roll of toilet paper in
front of the door, knocking and
running away.
Above all else, the power of
imagination and story is the true
magic behind Halloween. It is the
time to unleash the fiery energy of
the child’s imagination and to lose
oneself in “What if?”
Of course, being mature, civi
lized and completely sober college
students, A&Mophiles have no
need for silly stories, for mindless
tales and sensational accounts of
ridiculous times past. Speaking of
which, did you go to the game?
Students, as the leaders of to
morrow, have no capacity for such
childish pursuits. They are capable
of quickly deconstructing and de
fame the most spine tingling of sto
ries. For example, the student of:
— Chemistry: “The tale was
completely ridiculous. You can’t
even shoot an entirely silver bullet
out of a gun. The elemental com
ponents of silver and gunpowder
alone would have an adverse reac
tion leading to...”
— Psychology: “Very!
So the hook fora handsi’i
his inability to commit
relationship, and thezorw.'
dered the earth becausehei
from penis envy.”
— Foreign Languages:
be molto seccante. Houdito
moro quel suono meglio."
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bean store. The restroom is
pied by two large sailors.”)
— Ag. Design: “I liked it!’
— English: “The premise:
tale was incredibly dubious)
only was the narrative pointo
view completely ludicrous at:
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was obviously underdevelop
monster’s eating habits wetei
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Write your own scary stof
The night was evil, and the
air was filled with a quiet
(omen, desperation,
poot). Our hero, the nubile
.(supermodel, body
builder, Jersey cow), knew
that something or someone was
amiss. Pat had left the room a
long time ago to get some
.(action, late night, Scoo-
flew open. The killer laugW
maniacally, brandishing his
(knife, meathook,Jul
Tesh CD). As he edged nets
our hero could smell these!
of imminent (doom,
death, breakfast). But just!*
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our hero awoke to find it ^
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NTRODUCING
John D. Huntley
Class of '79
313B South College Ave., College Station, TX 77840
(409) 846-8916
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